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Property Insurers Pulling Back and Hiking Rates in Florida as Litigation Costs Surge

Florida property insurance companies are pulling out all the stops — raising rates, pulling out of markets, trimming risks they’ll cover and joining criminal investigations — to stop the financial . . .

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